Zhang Yong may have been frightened and afraid of hard work along the way, or maybe for some other reason, he choked and cried non-stop, his face was full of snot and tears, making a mess.

Song Nan frowned and comforted a few words, and asked a few more words, Zhang Yongdu was busy crying and did not answer, Song Nan finally couldn't help but shout: "Why are you crying endlessly?" Hurry up and reply, what's wrong with the emperor? ”

Zhang Yong heard the anger in Song Nan's words, and hurriedly whapped his face a few times with his sleeve, and said with a sigh: "Grandpa Guo, the emperor has not yet been mourned." ”

Song Nan's heart was relieved, and he frowned: "Then why do you make people panic in their hearts?" ”

Zhang Yongdao: "Although the emperor is still alive, I am afraid that he will not be able to survive these few days, more than ten days ago, the emperor was completely unable to get out of bed, his body was very emaciated, and he coughed up blood all day and night." When our family left Beijing, the emperor couldn't enter with a drop of water, and he couldn't speak, so let's see it...... That wasn't going to last a few days. ”

Song Nan's heart tightened, and he suddenly remembered that when Doctor Li diagnosed Zhengde, he predicted that Zhengde would only have a lifespan of thirty or forty days. Song Nan didn't think about it, he just counted the days, and the diagnosis in the first month of the first month, mid-February was already the limit date in the mouth of Doctor Li, but this qiē did not happen, so he regarded Doctor Li's words as a joke in his heart.

The medical skills of these years are not very good, although Doctor Li has some skills, but he can determine the limit of life and death of people by simply looking, hearing and asking, Song Nan naturally does not believe his words; If Song Nan believed in Doctor Li's words, he would not have led the army when Zhengde was about to die, which was a foolish move.

But now it seems that Doctor Li's judgment is only half a month's difference, which is obviously not too bad, after all, Zhengde is the emperor, the palace is famous and expensive, and the tonic spiritual products have never stopped, and it is also possible to continue the survival time with these elixirs, if it is an ordinary person, I am afraid that it is just in response to Doctor Li's judgment.

"And you're here to report the news? Or does the emperor want you to recruit me to return to Beijing quickly? ”

"We guess that the emperor must be thinking about returning to Beijing as soon as possible, but the emperor is too sick and has difficulty breathing, so I am afraid that he can't express this meaning. Every time our family is allowed to see the emperor, the emperor seems to have a will to announce, but the time is too short and there are many people, and the emperor can't say it. Until the last few days, the condition has become more serious, and it is even more impossible. ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "I'm confused about what you said, what do you mean that you are allowed to see the emperor?" The emperor is seriously ill, aren't you serving the emperor every day? ”

Zhang Yong sighed and said: "Zhenguo Gong, Lord Song, don't you know, since the emperor's condition deteriorated, the queen mother ordered someone to move the emperor to the palace to recuperate, and the eunuchs around the queen mother will take care of it. The Queen Mother said that the emperor needs to recuperate, and he can't talk with his mind, so we are not allowed to disturb him more. Before leaving Beijing, our family could only see the emperor once in two days, and the attendants in the queen mother's palace were all there when we met, and the time was very small, basically they were kicked out after kowtowing and saying goodbye. Now by the emperor's side, there is no one familiar with him. ”

Song Nan's brows furrowed into a pimple, and he thought for a moment and asked, "You came to me to report this matter?" I'll be back in Beijing in a few days, you can't afford to come all the way here. ”

Zhang Yong looked around sneakily and said in a low voice: "Of course, it's not just to report this matter, our family has bigger things to say, it's not a secret, this time we left Beijing to risk killing our head, and the Queen Mother strictly forbade us to spread the news that the emperor is critically ill; The Jinyi Wei Han General Camp was transferred to guard the West Garden, and all the guards in the palace were replaced by others. Before you set out on the expedition, you told our family to keep an eye on the changes in the palace, and our family obeyed your instructions and secretly inquired, it doesn't matter if you don't inquire, and the news you get almost scared our family half to death. Therefore, our family risked death to go out of the palace and contacted the British Prince, who immediately arranged for human guards to escort our family after hearing our family's words, and secretly sent our family out of the city, asking our family to come to report to you quickly. No, our family rushed all the way to Anqing Mansion. There are many people here, although they are all under the hands of Grandpa Guo, but this matter is too big, our family will take a step to speak, and it is better for our family and Zhen Guogong to be present. ”

Song Nan became more and more surprised, and immediately pulled Zhang Yong to the back hall room, and ordered the guards to guard the surroundings closely, and then asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhang Yong lifted the corner of his clothes, bit the tightly sewn feet of the corners of his clothes with his teeth, and after loosening it, he took out a crumpled envelope with sweat and handed it over with both hands, Song Nanhu took it suspiciously, opened the envelope and took out a crumpled white paper and slowly unfolded it under the lamp, the words on it were crooked and scribbled, obviously written in a hurry, but it could be clearly recognized, but it was written on the white paper.

"I am dying, and the heir has not been built. The eldest son of the emperor, the eldest son of the king of Xingxian, has grown up, is virtuous, benevolent and filial, and has respected the ancestral teachings. The elder brother and the younger brother reported to the temple, asking the Empress Dowager Cisheng to send an official to welcome her to Beijing on the same day and take the throne of the emperor. Fengli Temple, the king of the world. ”

Song Nan was excited, stood up suddenly, and shouted: "What is this? ”

Zhang Yong said slowly: "Grandpa Guo still can't see it?" This is the emperor's edict. ”

Song Nan's heart was drumming, and his voice trembled a little, and he asked, "Is this the edict drawn up by the emperor himself?" ”

Zhang Yongdao: "Our family doesn't know, Zhenguo Gong should understand better than our family whether this edict is the emperor's meaning." ”

Song Nan bit his lower lip and said slowly, "How did you get this edict?" ”

Zhang Yongdao: "Our family just said, risking death to leave Beijing is because I learned about it, the emperor's edict must be issued by the master of ceremonies and the secretary of ceremonies Gai Yuxi, our family is still the palm print of the ceremonial supervisor, on February 23, our family went to the palace to see the emperor, the queen mother suddenly summoned me to pull a few words of homely routine, back to the ceremonial eunuch Yamen after our family found that the iron cabinet where the ceremonial supervisor stored the jade seal seemed to have been opened, I immediately opened the cabinet to check, and sure enough, I found that someone had stolen the jade seal. ”

Song Nan exclaimed: "How can you decide? ”

Zhang Yongdao: "Although our family is not a fine person, but after using the seal on weekdays, our family is wiped clean and wrapped in yellow cloth and stored in the dark compartment of the iron cabinet, and the people of the celebrant know where the jade seal is hidden, but first, the key is only available to me, and secondly, no one dares to touch the iron cabinet where the jade seal is stored, and I have never found anything abnormal." ”

Song Nan said: "Could it be that someone didn't wipe the vermilion mud on it after stealing the jade seal?" ”

Zhang Yongdao: "On the contrary, the jade seal is wiped clean, as if it has not been used." It's a pity that the thief doesn't know my little secret, I put an inconspicuous yellow duck down feather outside the cloth bag wrapped in the jade seal, which is similar to the color of the yellow cloth package, if you don't deliberately, you can't see it at all. But if someone touches the jade seal, the duck down will definitely fall. When I checked, the duck down had fallen on the cabinet bar, and I concluded that someone must have stolen the jade seal. ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "Very good, you are careful enough." Then you are secretly looking into it, aren't you? ”

Zhang Yongdao: "Exactly, our family knows that there is something strange about it, who dares to steal the jade seal without the hand of the master of ceremonies, this is a mortal crime; Except for the emperor, no one has this right. But if the emperor wants to use the seal, why should he do this? Our family didn't dare to publicize it, so we secretly investigated, and found out that the two celebrant supervisors who were on duty in the seal room that day were all called out to drink by the two fathers-in-law in the queen mother's palace at the time of the incident. ”

Song Nan waved his hand abruptly and said: "Stop, I'll sort out my thoughts, after you met the emperor, the queen mother left you to have a family routine?" Say what? ”

Zhang Yongdao: "I don't know why the Queen Mother left me to speak, the Queen Mother has never done this before, and she also asks about her body and how her parents are outside the palace." ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "After that, the two eunuchs on duty in the seal room were dragged by the father-in-law who was familiar with the Empress Dowager's palace to drink for a while?" And the act of stealing the seal is what happened in the middle of this? Doesn't it mean that the person who stole the jade seal is ...... Her command? ”

Zhang Yong glared and nodded slowly: "Grandpa Guo has a clear mind, I'm afraid that's exactly the case." ”

Song Nan said: "Then, how did you get this edict?" I don't think the Queen Mother will let you have a chance to see this edict. ”

Zhang Yong slowly took out a white cloth from his arms, slowly unfolded it in front of Song Nan, pointed to the silk handkerchief embroidered with hibiscus flowers and said: "It is the owner of this thing who helped our family, our family knows that someone secretly covered the jade seal, and judged that it was the queen mother's doing, the emperor is very sick, the palace guards are replaced, and the atmosphere is obviously different. Our family doesn't like to listen to Grandpa Guo's private affairs, but the relationship between Grandpa Guo and the princess is ...... That's excellent, so our family gritted their teeth and took a risk to find the princess, find out the matter to her, and ask her to help figure out what the content of the edict that stole the jade seal was. So the next evening, the princess handed me this hand-copied edict. This is where this edict comes from. ”

Song Nan was covered in cold sweat, what Zhang Yong said was already thrilling, I am afraid that it will be more dangerous when doing these things, Zhang Yong can spare a bit this time, Kang Ning went to the palace of the Queen Mother without hesitation to get the manuscript of this edict, I am afraid that it will be even more sinister; Once discovered, I'm afraid that the Queen Mother won't even spare her biological daughter.

Looking at the black words on the white paper in front of him, Song Nan couldn't say the feeling in his heart, he was fighting desperately abroad, but he had already made an extraordinary move in the imperial court, judging from the new emperor Zhu Houxi, who was proposed by this edict, this is the candidate that Yang Tinghe has been trying his best to recommend, Song Nan dares to be 100% sure that this qiē is definitely related to Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe, the lurking and forbearant old fox, finally began to show his fangs.